Environmental Studies Minor
The minor in Environmental Studies at Loyola University New Orleans requires 21 hours of coursework. Students are required to take two foundations courses. In addition, students are required to complete five (5) different courses equaling 15 semester hours from the following three course areas: Natural Sciences, Social Science, and Humanities. Two courses (6crs) must be taken in the Natural Sciences area, and three courses (9crs) in the Humanities & Social Sciences area.
View the detailed Environmental Studies Minor curriculum here.
The Environmental Studies minor includes 21 credit hours of courses.
Environmental Studies Minor Core Courses:
- ENVA 104 Foundations of Environmental Science
- ENVA 105 Foundations of Environmental Studies
Natural Sciences (select two courses):
- BIOL A208 Ecology and Evolution
- BIOL A330/A331 Ecology
- BIOL Y230 Human Ecology
- BIOL Y236 Evolution
- BIOL Y237 Marine Biology & Conservation
- BIOL Y240 Plant Natural History
- BIOL Y244 Mississippi River Delta Ecology
- BIOL Y250/Z251 Tropical Ecology
- BIOL Y264 Global Ecology
- CHEM A105/A107 General Chemistry I Lecture/Lab
- CHEM A106/A108 General Chemistry II Lecture/Lab
Humanities & Social Sciences (select two courses):
- CMMN A475 Environmental Communication
- CRIM A340 Environmental Criminology
- ENGL A352 Literature & the Environment
- ENVA A200 Introduction to GIS
- ENVA A205 Defining Climate Solutions
- LAS A322 Indigenous Ecologies: Americas
- PSYC A326 Environmental Psychology
- SOCI A285 Sociology of Disaster
- SOCI A355 Environmental Sociology
- SOCI X236 Global Environmental Crisis
- PHIL U243 Environmental Philosophy
- PHIL W245 Environmental Ethics
- RELS A368 Christianity and the Environment
- RELS A470 The Spirituality of the Nature Writers
- RELS S330 Faith, Science, and Religion
- RELS V234 World Religions and Ecology
- RELS V265 Eco-Feminist Theologies
- RELS V334 Rel. Ecologies of South Asia
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